Don’t be fooled by the word “pictorial” in its title. While it does include some first-rate pictures, this book is much more than that. It describes very fully three of the most interesting and intense decades in tanker, indeed ship, development in all of maritime history. Focused on just one ship...
Showing that you should never judge a book by its cover, your reviewer was not looking forward to reading this one. Its cover picture of an atomic bomb explosion suggests ..
While still only in manuscript form, I found this book to be delightfully fascinating. It is available in electronic format direct from its author. What a life! From an u ..
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This book is long overdue. It is the first and, to my knowledge, the only comprehensive natural resource study of modern open ocean fisheries in the US Pacific. In the bo ..
Maritime history is continually being refined and revised as new discoveries are made and conventional wisdom and self-perpetuating myths are found to be wrong. This book ..
This is a big, beautifully produced “coffee table book” that is in reality much more than just pretty pictures, although it contains many of those. It is also ..
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Throughout his now lengthy life, Port Lincoln-based fisherman Joe Puglisi has been one of the great innovators, leaders, and entrepreneurs of the Australian fishing indus ..
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As always, retired English judge Quintin Barry has meticulously researched his subject. In this case, it is the rapid development of Britain’s Royal Navy in the tumultu ..
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Kent Stewart is an old favourite of Baird Maritime readers. His occasional columns on matters maritime have been popular for years. They distil his very extensive experie ..
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Presented in its usual very high quality – indeed almost waterproof – style, the renowned Scottish maritime publishing house Witherbys, which does not credit an autho ..
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